Global War on Terrorism : reported obligations for the Department of Defense by Sharon L Pickup(
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Since 2001, Congress has provided the Department of Defense (DOD) with about $807 billion in supplemental and annual appropriations,
as of September 2008, primarily for military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). DOD's reported annual
obligations for GWOT have shown a steady increase from about $0.2 billion in fiscal year 2001 to about $139.8 billion in fiscal
year 2007. The United States' commitments to GWOT will likely involve the continued investment of significant resources, requiring
decision makers to consider difficult trade-offs as the nation faces an increasing long-range fiscal challenge. The magnitude
of future costs will depend on several direct and indirect cost variables and, in some cases, decisions that have not yet
been made. DOD's future costs will likely be affected by the pace and duration of operations, the types of facilities needed
to support troops overseas, redeployment plans, and the amount of equipment to be repaired or replaced. DOD compiles and reports
monthly and cumulative incremental obligations incurred to support GWOT in a monthly Supplemental and Cost of War Execution
Report. DOD leadership uses this report, along with other information, to advise Congress on the costs of the war and to formulate
future GWOT budget requests. DOD reports these obligations by appropriation, contingency operation, and military service or
defense agency. The monthly cost reports are typically compiled within the 45 days after the end of the reporting month in
which the obligations are incurred. DOD has prepared monthly reports on the obligations incurred for its involvement in GWOT
since fiscal year 2001. Section 1221 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 requires us to submit
quarterly updates to Congress on the costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom based on DOD's monthly
Supplemental and Cost of War Execution Reports. This report, which responds to this requirement, contains our analysis of
DOD's reported obligations for military operations in support of GWOT through June 2008. Specifically, we assessed (1) DOD's
cumulative appropriations and reported obligations for military operations in support of GWOT and (2) DOD's fiscal year 2008
reported obligations from October 2007 through June 2008, the latest data available for GWOT by military service and appropriation
account. As of September 2008, Congress has appropriated a total of about $807 billion primarily for GWOT operations since
2001. Of that amount, about $187 billion has been provided for fiscal year 2008 and about $65.9 billion has been appropriated
for use in fiscal year 2009. DOD will likely request additional funds for fiscal year 2009. DOD has reported obligations of
about $594.9 billion for military operations in support of the war from fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 2007 and fiscal
year 2008 (October 2007 through June 2008). The $212.1 billion difference between DOD's appropriations and reported obligations
can generally be attributed to certain fiscal year 2008 appropriations; multiyear funding for procurement, military construction,
and research, development, test, and evaluation from previous GWOT-related appropriations that have yet to be obligated; and
obligations for classified and other items, which DOD considers to be non-GWOT related, that are not reported in DOD's cost-of-war
reports. This difference also includes the $65.9 billion appropriated for fiscal year 2009. As part of our ongoing work, we
are reviewing DOD's rationale for reporting its GWOT related obligations

Applying agreed-upon procedures : Highway Trust Fund excise taxes by Steven J Sebastian(
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We have performed the procedures described in the enclosure to this letter, which we agreed to perform and with which you
concurred, solely to assist your office in ascertaining whether the net excise tax revenue distributed to the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund (AATF) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008, is supported by the underlying records. As agreed with
your office, we evaluated fiscal year 2008 activity affecting distributions to the AATF

Defense acquisitions : charting a course for lasting reform : testimony before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives by Paul L Francis(
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"The current state of defense acquisitions has been decades in the making. To a large extent, this reflects cumulative commitments
to provide unparalleled long-term capabilities, to expedite near-term capabilities, and to accept the attendant risks. Over
time, investment budgets have grown substantially to accommodate the foregoing. Today, DOD finds itself with a large portfolio
of weapons and other acquisitions that it may not be able to afford, a large and hard-to-define contractor workforce, and
a government workforce that may not be sufficient to manage and oversee the acquisitions and the contractors. The likelihood
of smaller or level investment budgets, painful lessons learned from recent acquisitions, and a strained workforce, suggest
that we need to manage risks differently. Right now, we have a great opportunity to do just that. The acquisition reforms
that have been instituted by Congress, the administration, and DOD provide a good framework for managing risk. The recent
difficult decisions to cancel or trim a number of major weapons programs suggest a collective willingness to make decisions
that are consistent with reforms. In the past, good policies have been on the books, but decisions on what programs to approve
and to support with funding often undermined those policies. Some fundamental lessons can help guide the decisions ahead.
More specifically, a program must be put on a sound technical, cost, and schedule footing before it is approved -- contract
vehicles can accommodate risks but cannot fix a troubled program. At the same time, a flawed competition or contract award
process can delay or disrupt an otherwise sound acquisition. A sound acquisition and contracting strategy is essential to
executing the acquisition within time and funding budgets. A capable workforce must undergird all of the above."--Page 17

Department of Homeland Security : continued progress made improving and integrating management areas, but more work remains
: statement before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management, Committee on Homeland Security, House of
Representatives by David C Maurer(
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Since 2003, GAO has designated the implementation and transformation of DHS as high risk because, among other things, DHS
had to combine 22 agencies, while ensuring no serious consequences for U.S. national and economic security. This high-risk
area includes challenges in DHS's management functions--financial management, human capital, IT, and acquisitions; the effect
of those challenges on implementing DHS's missions; and integrating the functions. In November 2000, GAO published criteria
for removing areas from its high-risk list. In September 2010, GAO identified 31 actions and outcomes critical to addressing
this high-risk area. This testimony addresses DHS's progress in (1) developing a strategy for addressing its high-risk designation
and (2) achieving outcomes critical to addressing this high-risk area. This statement is based on GAO products issued from
June 2007 through February 2012, including selected updates. It also includes preliminary observations from GAO's ongoing
work reviewing DHS's IT governance, for which GAO reviewed documents on IT governance and interviewed officials